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News Sri Lanka president rejects proposed UN rights panel
Sri Lanka president rejects proposed UN rights panel
Jonathan Cohen
March 6, 2010 04:05:00 pm

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday rejected the plan of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint a panel of experts to look into alleged rights abuses in the island nation's civil war,...

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Obama administration seeks to block House vote on Armenian genocide resolution
Jonathan Cohen
March 6, 2010 03:02:00 pm

A spokesperson for the US State Department said Friday that the Obama administration opposes a vote before the full House of Representatives on a resolution branding the World War I-era...

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News White House revives military commission option for 9/11 trials: reports
White House revives military commission option for 9/11 trials: reports
Jonathan Cohen
March 5, 2010 12:01:00 pm

White House advisers are considering recommending that accused 9/11 co-conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be tried in a military court rather than through the civilian criminal justice system, according to Friday reports. The Washington Post...

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UK PM seeks to limit war crimes arrest warrants for international leaders
Jonathan Cohen
March 4, 2010 11:58:00 am

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday proposed tighter restrictions on the use of politically motivated arrest warrants for foreign leaders accused of war crimes. Brown said that he would seek to make tougher "the...

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News UN, EU condemn Gaddafi call for Jihad against Switzerland
UN, EU condemn Gaddafi call for Jihad against Switzerland
Jonathan Cohen
February 26, 2010 12:22:00 pm

UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze on Friday condemned calls by Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi for a jihad on Switzerland. Gaddafi issued the call in response to Switzerland's recent vote to ban the construction of...

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Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in Canada: report
Jonathan Cohen
February 25, 2010 12:24:00 pm

Incidents of anti-Semitism in Canada have risen 11.4 percent since 2008, according to a Wednesday report by B'nai Brith Canada . The group found that there were 1,264 incidents of anti-Semitic harassment, violence,...

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News USDA reaches $1.25 billion settlement in black farmer discrimination case
USDA reaches $1.25 billion settlement in black farmer discrimination case
Jonathan Cohen
February 19, 2010 12:01:00 pm

The US Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced a $1.25 billion settlement for African American farmers claiming they suffered racial discrimination in USDA loan programs. The settlement arises from the Pigford...

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Federal judge sets hedge fund founder criminal trial for October
Jonathan Cohen
February 18, 2010 11:25:00 am

A federal judge on Thursday decided that the criminal trial of Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam will begin October 25. Prosecutors had asked the judge to schedule the trial for...

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ICTY dismisses Karadzic appeal of court-appointed lawyer
Jonathan Cohen
February 12, 2010 11:59:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday dismissed the appeal against the imposition of a court-appointed lawyer by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic ....

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Rwanda genocide tribunal sentences ex-army officer to 15 years for incitement
Jonathan Cohen
February 11, 2010 11:56:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday convicted former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi of direct and public incitement to genocide and sentenced him to 15 years...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln offered amnesty to Confederates

On December 8, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to all citizens of the Confederacy who swore an oath to uphold the US Constitution. Because of confusion over who was to administer the oath, Lincoln issued another proclamation on March 26, 1864, empowering "any commissioned officer, civil, military, or naval in the service of the United States", as well as those persons in the territories which were "not in insurrection who were by the laws therefore qualified for administering oaths." Both Proclamations specified that military prisoners and others held for crimes against the United States were ineligible for amnesty, although Confederate deserters could volunteer to take the oath.

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